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Finger ring
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The British Museum, Hilary Orange, 2012-06-26 13:25:41
Title
Finger ring
Description
English: Post-medieval gold posy ring. A very thin flat band inscribed on the interior with 'content is a treasure'. Makers marks seriphed PE in a rectangle. The hoop is slightly squashed.

Dimensions: Length: 17 mm; Width: 22 mm; Weight: 1.37 g Discussion: a similar mark recorded in Grimwade (1976, pp. 158), recorded as William Pearson, small worker entered 1704. If it is indeed this maker and if the ring was manufactured in the first eight years of the mark being entered then this ring would fall within the remit of the Treasure Act.

Judy Rudoe

Danielle Wootton

Depicted place (County of findspot) Devon
Date POST MEDIEVAL
Accession number
FindID: 421085
Old ref: DEV-785123
Filename: 2010T812bezel.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/387058
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/387058/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/421085
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